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Mapping the Classoom

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What's the size of your desk in relation to your teacher's? Or to the chalkboard at the front of the room? Hone your mapping skills with this classroom activity.


Mapping The Classroom



  • More About This Resource...

    • In this Biodiversity Counts activity, students learn the importance of maps and scale as they work together to create a map of the classroom. The printable four-page PDF handout includes:

      • a series of inquiry-based questions to get students thinking about what they already know about maps and their classroom, and
      • a worksheet with step-by-step directions for creating a scale and determining the size and relative location of objects in the classroom.

    • Completion Time

      Approximately 1 period

    • Topic

      Biology

    • Subtopic

      Tools and Methods

    • Subtopic

      National Science Education Standards
      Grades 5-8:
      Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

      • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

      Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

      • properties and changes of properties in matter

      Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

      • abilities of technological design• understandings about science and technology

      History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

      • science as a human endeavor

      Grades 9-12:
      Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

      • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

      Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

      • abilities of technological design• understandings about science and technology

      History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

      • science as a human endeavor

    • Learning Standard

      National Science Education Standards
      Grades 5-8:
      Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

      • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

      Physical Science CONTENT STANDARD B: 

      • properties and changes of properties in matter

      Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

      • abilities of technological design• understandings about science and technology

      History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

      • science as a human endeavor

      Grades 9-12:
      Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A: 

      • abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry

      Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E: 

      • abilities of technological design• understandings about science and technology

      History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G: 

      • science as a human endeavor